fustigate

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To hit someone with a club.
2. (figuratively) To harshly criticize someone.

Synonymes

cudgel

club

Traductions

يضرب

bastonejar

prügeln

legnare

randellare

fustigar

fustigar

dar garrotazos

kötek

Étymologie (Anglais)

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin fūstīgātus, perfect passive participle of fūstīgō (“to cudgel to death”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūstis (“a cudgel”) + -igō.